Ink

by Hal Duncan

Del Ray, 530 pp, $15.95

Ink is by the author of Vellum. However it is less a series continuation than a change in perspective within Vellums world.

Once, in the depths of prehistory they were human, but in a brutal transfiguration they became the unkin, beings that had the power to alter reality by accessing the Vellum, a realm of eternity containing every possibility, every paradox’ every heaven and hell. The vellum became a battleground between chaos and order. The ultimate weapon, THE BOOK OF ALL HOURS, a legendary tome long lost between the infinite folds of the Vellum. In 2017 it was found by Reynard Carter, with unkin blood.

After the Apocalypse, several survivors search for the remnants of themselves across the Vellum hoping to rewrite the book of hours and forge a new destiny for themselves. Reality will never be the same.

This book like Vellum is both a moment of light on ice , and the sheen of India Ink in black velvet Ephemeral, haunting, testing one’s perception of what is real. Well worth reading...several times as reality adjusts, A hybrid of forms and genres that morphs into a whole new genre and mind set. Enjoy the challenge. - Pam Allan